YAY for summer!

this was last week on wednesday.... we had charlotte over to play in the afternoon!

kai - a bit shocked after landing in a very COLD pool of water at the end of the slide LOL!

picnic in the park!

so friday was the first day of no school for hallie, so we celebrated by heading to the park for a picnic with friends sara, madison, cooper, and dexter! i even baked cupcakes, which is a RARE event. (don't get too excited, it was just a mix) we had fun, even though it was a HOT day. we had to find some shade. when we went to pack up and leave, i remembered we had a doctor's appointment for emerson. had almost forgotten about it! we headed straight to the hospital for that. it was a follow up appointment for her ear tubes that i stupidly forgot to book sooner. they've been in for 5 months now and i am just now getting her checked out. oops!!!

she passed her hearing test with flying colors, and the tubes are still in which is great :) we're good to go for another 6 months :) it's so nice not being at the hospital all the time! actually i think we have to go next week for her eye check up. i'm curious to see what he thinks at that appointment, as i'm still having trouble with emmy taking her glasses off. makes me think maybe she doesn't "need" them, otherwise she'd leave them on?? not sure....

hallie and kai had a sleepover at grandma's & grandpa's house after this busy day. they had fun, but kai missed his mommy and called home a bit sad at one point. he was thrilled to see me this morning, and said he had fun.

kai feeding mylo her bottle at the park... mylo gets 1 bottle each day and is otherwise breastfed. the kids enjoy participating in the bottle feeding!

kai burping mylo, he's a pro!
hallie and her friend, madison!
emerson
emmy eating her cupcake
miss emmy, waiting for a push!
kai found a piece of wood that automatically became his "gun" -- we don't buy guns in this house at all, yet he takes anything he can find and makes it a gun. lego, k'nex, sticks, etc. sheesh!! even his eggo one day became a gun shape. boys boys boys....

JUMP!

JUMP!
my monkey boy!
hallie on the slide
mmmmmm cupcakes!

Laken!

we bought new water bottles yesterday. they're awesome. they are LAKEN brand, bpa free and dishwasher safe! yahoo!! they were purchased at Amy Lou boutique and i think you should go buy your child(ren) one too! ;)

emerson eating candy - we walked to mac's the other night while daddy was at soccer (on our hunt for the missing croc - still no luck so i've purchased a replacement pair in the same color...) and i let the kids get some 5 cent candy. they were thrilled!

the LAKEN bottles! my kids chose their own (i chose hallie's, she was at school) there are lots of cute designs to choose from!

mylo after her bath last night....
i can't seem to cook grilled cheese without burning at least 1 sandwich. i get distracted EVERY time and this is what happens. i tell myself each time to stay beside the stove, watch it closely, etc. and it just never seems to work out that way. LOL! (who's coming over for dinner sometime?!? ha ha!)
more candy... i love how blogger uploads pics in random order. fun.
mmmm i love candy... i bought some for myself too ;) shhh don't tell !!

i will upload more pics soon, but for now, i'm beat. i was out ALL day literally from 9:30am to 11pm. i'm seriously failing with all of my goals!!!!! out all day, up too late.... nooooooo!! let's hope for a calmer week next week...

this weekend is the Canada day long weekend. my older 2 kiddos are sleeping over tonight at grandma & grandpa's house. they'll be back by 10am tomorrow. i have a photo shoot tomorrow late afternoon/evening, then sunday evening we're hosting a BBQ, then monday no plans (laundry hopefully!), tuesday is a bike parade in our neighborhood and then over to another neighbors' for a BBQ :) busy busy! what are YOUR PLANS? (this is the part where you comment!)

sad

i told myself i'd go to bed early, but i'm finding that tough lately. there seems to be a lot going on. tonight, i am sitting here with Mylo on my lap, watching the memorial service of an amazing man who recently was killed in a car accident. i didn't know him well, but i still knew him and for some reason this event has been really tough to deal with. i will post more soon - i have some photos, however just haven't had much computer time lately...

for now i will leave you with this: www.juliandabbagh.com

my today

yesterday was a good day. i felt like i was a great mom.... no yelling, no getting mad, i had a nice, calm day. it went well. the kids even went right to sleep as soon as we put them to bed. yay!! (i think they were just REALLY tired!) maybe the swim at the neighbors' right before bed helped.

today wasn't a great mom day. i didn't have patience, hallie was giving me (and her brother) major attitude. once i shipped hallie off to my mom & dad's house for "special time" and supper, things were better. i took the rest of my kids + my 2 dayhome kids to mac's for slurpees, then on to the park. it was HOT outside. only downside -- we lost a croc. emerson is down one shoe now. CRAPPY!!!! i drove around looking for it tonight, but no luck. i will look again tomorrow, otherwise we'll need to go buy another pair. (because of course, the 3 pairs she has aren't quite enough LOL!)

tonight bed time wasn't as smooth as last night, but it was a lot better than when i first started blogging again last week. it was much better. thank god!!!

i'm going to try to get to bed earlier, as that's one goal i haven't been doing well with. it's been 12:30am every night lately, and then Mylo has been waking often for some reason, and then 7:30am comes all too early.

no photos today. catch ya tomorrow!

Rainy Day Fun!

The kids got new umbrellas today! Very exciting for them, as they've been asking for 2 years now and i keep refusing to buy them. i find them a waste of money, really, because there just isn't much opportunity to use them. when it's raining, generally we're inside. so, what's the point? PHOTOS! that's the point! LOL! they were only $3.99 at safeway so i agreed. we got home and i told the kids to find a puddle and have at 'er! they had a BLAST!!! and then they were stripped down before being allowed in the house ;)

faces were also covered in mud splatter!

weird face kai!

oops! he fell....

poser!

she wasn't too sure what the umbrella was for, but still was excited about it. too cute.

jump!

soccer and sun!

we spent today in the sun, it was a HOT day! +28 i believe.... which was too hot for me but i won't complain! kai had his soccer wind up where they played one 30 minute game, got medals, and then we got the kids ice cream because it was so hot. too hot to wait in the big line ups for the various bouncy castles... we didn't stay long. we got home, kai played around outside a little bit, including trying out the neighbors' rollerblades.... which didn't last long. too hot!

we had cousins and their families comes for supper, as well as my sister and my parents. it was fun! i love having company, it's rare that we do. it seems like many people i know are always having dinner guests, BBQs, etc. and we rarely do. my husband is fairly quiet, but i do love having people! who wants to come for a BBQ this summer??? (don't all jump at once LOL!)

maybe there's a secret rumor out about my cooking? (i admit, i'm not the best!) it's ok, we can order in and it's still fun! and really, BBQ'ing can't be screwed up too badly... can it?? just burnt i suppose... my husband is in charge of the BBQ, i'm terrified to BBQ anything, and he usually doesn't burn things.

hallie's cousin, who is 8 yrs old, slept over on saturday. hallie was thrilled to host her first ever sleepover! kai felt left out, so he slept on hallie's floor. too cute.

how was your weekend?

Mylo chillin' on the front porch

kai trying rollerblades for the first time
hallie with her cousin, leiah
kai's last soccer game of the season - he scored the first goal of the season, and last goal too! he really enjoyed playing soccer for the first time, and will definately be playing again. for winter, however, he has decided to play hockey. we registered him last weekend. yikes!! the girls at the soccer event, they were sooo hot....
the girls...
my hot husband ;)
kai was so proud of his medal!